1978–79 John Player Cup

1978–79 John Player Cup
1978–79 John Player Cup
Tournament statistics
Champions	Leicester Tigers (1st title)
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The 1978–79 John Player Cup was the eighth edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Leicester won the competition defeating Moseley in the final.^[1] The event was sponsored by John Player cigarettes and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.^[2]

Draw and results

First round

Team one	Team two	Score
Esher	Gosforth	3-38
Leicester	Northampton	29-3
Broughton Park	Orrell	12-9
Exeter	London Scottish	15-11
Gloucester	Richmond	3-3*
Harlequins	Plymouth Albion	21-9
Hartlepool Rovers	Walsall	13-0
Havant	Rosslyn Park	0-19
Ipswich	Matson	6-14
London Irish	Avon & Somerset Police	32-7
Wasps	Blackheath	11-0
Moseley	Liverpool	22-13
Rugby	Coventry	12-29
Wakefield	Bedford	12-27
Birkenhead Park	Sale	9-6
London Welsh	Bath	28-18

Progressed as away team*

Second round

Team one	Team two	Score
Gosforth	Harlequins	9-3
Leicester	Broughton Park	30-7
Richmond	Matson	22-3
Rosslyn Park	Exeter	7-6
Wasps	Hartlepool Rovers	10-6
Bedford	Birkenhead Park	16-8
London Irish	Moseley	0-10
London Welsh	Coventry	21-3

Quarter-finals

Team one	Team two	Score
Bedford	Leicester	12-22
Wasps	London Welsh	6-3
Gosforth	Rosslyn Park	7-3
Moseley	Richmond	27-3

Semi-finals

Team one	Team two	Score
Gosforth	Moseley	3-6
Wasps	Leicester	7-43

Final

^[3]

21 April 1979

Leicester	15–12	Moseley
Try: Steve Kenney Con: Dusty Hare Pen: Dusty Hare 2 Drop: Dusty Hare		Try: Bob Laird Con: Richard Akenhead Pen: Richard Akenhead Drop: Martin Cooper

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Alan Welsby (Lancashire)


	O	Dusty Hare
	N	Mick Newton
	M	Terry Burwell
	L	Paul Dodge
	K	Tim Barnwell
	J	Les Cusworth
	I	Steve Kenney
	G	Garry Adey
	H	Ian "Dosser" Smith
	F	Steve Johnson
	E	Arthur Hazelrigg
	D	Nick Joyce
	C	Steve Redfern
	B	Peter Wheeler (c)
	A	Robin Cowling
Replacements:
	P	Angus Collington
	Q	Brian Hall
	R	Jim Kempin
	S	Jez Krych
	T	Tim Walley
	U	John White
Coach:
Chalkie White


	15	Richard Akenhead
	14	Alan Thomas
	13	Malcolm Swain
	12	Barrie Corless
	11	Bob Laird
	10	Martin Cooper (c)
	9	Chris Gifford
	8	Derek Nutt
	7	Nick Jeavons
	6	Russ Field
	5	Barry Ayre
	4	John Beale
	3	Kevin Astley
	2	Gary Cox
	1	Bert Greaves
Replacements:
	16	Andy Watson-Jones for Corless (30m)
	17	Steve King for Nutt (50m)
Coach:

References

^ Jenkins, Vivian (1979). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. Brickfield Publications Ltd. ISBN 0354-09087-9.
^ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
^ "Moseley report". Moseley Rugby.co.uk.

[1] Jenkins, Vivian (1979). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook. Brickfield Publications Ltd. ISBN 0354-09087-9.

[2] "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.

[3] "Moseley report". Moseley Rugby.co.uk.

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